Batavia Distance Madness Looks To Be IL's Version of NBNI


Date: 3/8/19

Location: Batavia High School Field House; Batavia, IL

Start Time: 5:15

Meet info: MEET PROGRAM

Order of events:

3200 Slow Heats- 5:15

Girls Heat 2 3200 (13 athletes)- 5:15

Boys Heat 2 3200 (16 athletes)- 5:30

Girls Heat 3 3200 (13 athletes)- 5:44

Boys Heat 3 3200 (15 athletes)- 5:59


800 Meters- 6:13

Girls Heat 1 (Fast Heat) 800 (12 Athletes)- 6:13

Boys Heat 1 (Fast Heat) 800 (12 Athletes)- 6:18

Girls Heat 2- 800 (14 Athletes)- 6:22

Boys Heat 2- 800 (14 Athletes)- 6:27

Girls Heat 3- 800 (15 Athletes)- 6:31

Boys Heat 3- 800 (14 Athletes)- 6:36

Girls Heat 4- 800 (15 Athletes)- 6:40

Boys Heat 4- 800 (14 Athletes)- 6:45

Girls Heat 5- 800 (15 Athletes)- 6:49

Boys Heat 5- 800 (15 Athletes)- 6:54

Boys Heat 6- 800 (15 Athletes)- 6:58

Boys Heat 7- 800 (14 Athletes)- 7:02


3200 Meters Fast Heats- 7:06

Girls Fast Heat 3200 (14 Athletes)- 7:06

Boys Fast Heat 3200 (16 Athletes)- 7:21


1600 Meters- 7:35

Girls Heat 1- (Slow Heat) 1600 (14 Athletes)- 7:35

Boys Heat 1- (Slow Heat) 1600 (15 Athletes)- 7:43

Girls Heat 2- 1600 (14 Athletes)- 7:50

Boy Heat 2- 1600 (15 Athletes)- 7:58

Girls Heat 3- 1600 (14 Athletes)- 8:05

Boys Heat 3- 1600 (15 Athletes)- 8:13

Girls Heat 4- 1600 (14 Athletes)- 8:20

Boys Heat 4- 1600 (15 Athletes)- 8:28

Girls Heat 5- 1600 (13 Athletes)- 8:35

Boys Heat 5- 1600 (15 Athletes)- 8:43

Girls Heat 6- 1600 (13 Athletes)- 8:50

Boys Heat 6-1600 (15 Athletes)- 8:58

Girls Championship Heat 1600 (13 Athletes)- 9:05

Boys Championship Heat 1600 (14 Athletes)- 9:12


Meet Records:

Boys 800: 1:57.91 Charles Harders (Lyons Township) 2018

Boys 1600: 4:17.47 Keagan Smith (Huntley) 2015

Boys 3200: 9:24.19 Caleb Washington (Shepard) 2017

Girls 800: 2:14.57 Michaela Hackbarth (Downers Grove South) 2016

Girls 1600: 4:49.30 Judy Pendergast (Naperville North) 2016

Girls 3200: 10:34.25 Sarah Schmitt (Naperville North) 2018

Quick overview: Not everyone can travel to New York for the New Balance Nationals Indoors, so the alternative is the Batavia Distance Madness. Some of the best distance runners in the state will get their crack at dropping some hot flames on the track that's sure to attack some national headlines. It's March and many of the state's creme of the crop is waking from their winter hibernation.

Teams-

Girls: Argo, Batavia, Bolingbrook, Dekalb, Downers Grove South, Dwight, Geneva, Glenbard East, Hinsdale Central, Lesalle-Peru, Lincoln-Way Central, Lyons Township, Minooka, Naperville North, Oswego East, Palatine (Fremd), Prospect, Rockford Christian, Rockton Hononegah, Rosary, St. Charles East, St. Charles North, Von Stueben, West Chicago, Yorkville

Boys: Batavia, Benet, Bolingbrook, Dekalb, Downers Grove South, Dundee Crown, Dwight, East Aurora, Geneva, Glenbard West, Hinsdale South, Hubbard (Chicago), Huntley, Illiana Christian, Jones College Prep, Lake Forest, Lincoln-Way Central, Lincoln-Way West, Lyons Township, Marmion, Minooka, Naperville Central, Naperville North, New Trier, Oswego East, Palatine, Palatine (Fremd), Plainfield South, Prairie Ridge, Rock Falls, Rockford Christian, Rockford Auburn, Rockton Hononegah, Seneca, Shepard, South Elgin, Stagg, St. Charles East, Von Stueben, Westminster Christian, Wheaton Warrenville South, Wheeling, Yorkville  

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